Arguments

 

name

   OpenVMS usage:char-string
   type:         character-coded text string
   access:       read only
   mechanism:    by descriptor-fixed-length string descriptor
   Identifier name to be added to the rights database when $ADD_
   IDENT completes execution. The name argument is the address of
   a character-string descriptor pointing to the identifier name
   string.

   An identifier name consists of 1 to 31 alphanumeric characters,
   including dollar signs ($)  and underscores (_), and must contain
   at least one nonnumeric character. Any lowercase characters
   specified are automatically converted to uppercase.
 

id

   OpenVMS usage:rights_id
   type:         longword (unsigned)
   access:       read only
   mechanism:    by value
   Identifier to be created when $ADD_IDENT completes execution.
   The id argument is a longword containing the binary value of the
   identifier to be created.

   If the id argument is omitted, $ADD_IDENT selects a unique
   available value from the general identifier space and returns
   it in resid, if it is specified.
 

attrib

   OpenVMS usage:mask_longword
   type:         longword (unsigned)
   access:       read only
   mechanism:    by value
   Attributes placed in the identifier's record when $ADD_IDENT
   completes execution. The attrib argument is a longword containing
   a bit mask that specifies the attributes.

   Symbol values are offsets to the bits within the longword. You
   can also obtain the values as masks with the appropriate bit set
   using the prefix KGB$M rather than KGB$V. The symbols are defined
   in the system macro library ($KGBDEF). The symbolic name for each
   bit position is listed in the following table:

   Bit Position           Meaning When Set

   KGB$V_DYNAMIC          Allows holders of the identifier to remove
                          it from or add it to the process rights
                          database by using the DCL command SET
                          RIGHTS_LIST.
   KGB$V_HOLDER_HIDDEN    Prevents someone from getting a list of
                          users who hold an identifier, unless they
                          own the identifier themselves.
   KGB$V_NAME_HIDDEN      Allows holders of an identifier to have it
                          translated-either from binary to ASCII or
                          vice versa-but prevents unauthorized users
                          from translating the identifier.
   KGB$V_NOACCESS         Makes any access rights of the identifier
                          null and void. This attribute is intended
                          as a modifier for a resource identifier or
                          the Subsystem attribute.
   KGB$V_RESOURCE         Allows holders of an identifier to charge
                          disk space to the identifier. It is used
                          only for file objects.
   KGB$V_SUBSYSTEM        Allows holders of the identifier to
                          create and maintain protected subsystems
                          by assigning the Subsystem ACE to the
                          application images in the subsystem.
 

resid

   OpenVMS usage:rights_id
   type:         longword (unsigned)
   access:       write only
   mechanism:    by reference
   Identifier value assigned by the system when $ADD_IDENT completes
   execution. The resid argument is the address of a longword in
   which the system-assigned identifier value is written.